What comes to mind when you think of any banking institution? We’d be willing to wager that the words “cutting edge” and “innovative” don’t exactly come to the forefront of your cerebrum. Well, it looks like one of the nation’s largest banks, Bank of America, has gone and jumped into the “hip” end of the…
New Orange CEO hires buddies from previous company Virgin Mobile
It’s not unusual to see a slew of structural changes and additions with the installation of a new commander-in-chief, but it’s not everyday that we see the new CEO of a company hire once-colleagues from his previous gig – Virgin Mobile. Orange UK’s new CEO, Tom Alexander has brought a few buddies onboard as senior…
Make iPhone applications on your Windows machine – Windows Binary Toolchain Installer
Third-party, native iPhone applications are all the rage recently. And, with Apple’s forthcoming iPhone SDK on the horizon, we’d imagine that a lot of Windows-users are going to be gunning for a head-start on developing for the iPhone’s Mac OS. Unfortunately, an out-of-the-box iPhone development toolchain has been limited to Mac users – until now.…
E-ten unveils E-ten Glofish V900 with DVB-H / DVB-T / T-DMB / DAB
CES 2008 Las Vegas is over and it was fairly disappointing. So, what’s a mobile fanatic to do? Well, if you’re like us, you’re eagerly awaiting the Mobile World Congress (why they changed the name from 3GSM, we don’t know) in Barcelona, mid-February. Mobile World Congress 2008 is going to be the hottest, must-see, mobile…
AT&T to limit unlimited data plans to 5GB a month?
The wireless market in the US is one big game of copy-cat. When one or two of the big-dogs in the US market make a serious move to maximize their revenue, you can be sure that the other players will be making similar changes. With other carriers already limiting their “unlimited” data packages, we can…
Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard SDK refresh reveals GPSID Configuration Utility
Now that Motorola Q9h and Samsung Blackjack II owners are able to unlock their GPS receivers to work outside of TeleNav, Paul over at MoDaCo has come up with another handy way to make better use of your Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard smartphone’s GPS hardware. The latest refresh to the Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard SDK…
Could this be what the iPhone Starbucks quick-order system will look like?
By now it’s a fairly by-gone conclusion that Apple will be announcing their partnership with Starbucks to deliver an iPhone-based online quick-order system. The design-gurus in Cupertino have already filed for a patent application to that effect, and we’re all just waiting on Steve Jobs to drop the espresso-bomb on us next week at Macworld…
Samsung SPH-M800 getting primped for Sprint
Samsung sure isn’t letting the end of CES 2008 Las Vegas slow them down. Following on their announcement of the Samsung SGH-F490 touchscreen-wonder, our favorite South Korean handset manufacturer has hinted at bringing the Samsung SPH-M800 to Sprint’s No. 3 network. Despite having a similar external aesthetic to the Samsung F490, the Samsung M800 won’t…
Alltel launches HTC Touch
Just like we expected, the HTC Touch has finally landed on Alltel’s network, in CDMA form. The Alltel Touch, as it will be known, is now available for online ordering through, well, Alltel’s website. The CDMA HTC Touch (HTC Vogue) will be getting the customary carrier-tweaks like the extra TouchFLO window that gives you quick…
Turn your WiFi-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone into a GPRS/UMTS/HSPA wireless router
If you’re paying for unlimited data through your carrier’s data network, shouldn’t you be able to use that data package on more than one phone? Why get an unlimited data package for each and every Windows Mobile smartphone in your collection? WMWifiRouter is a new application for Windows Mobile 6 (possibly 5) that lets you…